Today in London, begins week of Russian auctions

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Four auction houses hold more than a dozen trades. And although the total number of works submitted to the court collectors, notably less than in the pre-crisis years, interest in them remains high. As before, the pre-auction the evening collection shows were filled with Russian-speaking crowd. From London - TATIANA Markin.

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will buy or not - this question asked by everyone who is in the halls of Christie `s, Sotheby` s, MacDougall `s and Bonhams. Ask each other and themselves. Had time to form over the last couple of days, filled with party auction houses and exhibition galleries, related to Russian art, the general opinion is: will. Collectors will buy, because a year, waiting for the terrible consequences of the crisis, restrained himself, but have a habit of art is partly like a drug, and can not long endure. Dealers will buy, because that is what this is their job and they must take care that the market is not dead at all. It is said that there were even some new buyers, apparently attracted by the adjustment (in other words, a decrease) prices.

Perhaps the record for $ 5 million and above for a picture, as had happened in this season will not be. Works valued at more than $ 1 million, not much, but they are. The habit of judging the quality of the picture according to its evaluation (more than a million or less), of course, anecdotal, but common grain in it. The main things in the upcoming auction - a canvas, painted by Russian artists from the "first name", large and decorative, with clear provenance. At Sotheby `s is" Venice "Alexandra Exter," The Garden "by Mikhail Larionov," Cossack "Ilya Repin. At Christie `s" The stock Peking Theater Alexander Yakovlev and "Legend" by Nicholas Roerich. In MacDougall `s - nude Zinaida Serebryakova and Vladimir Baranoff-Rossini. It's all about painting, but there are other sections, each with their customers.

For example, it is easy to prophesy the success of the auction Sotheby `s, which will sell the precious little things from the heritage of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, decorated detective story of salvation, and shown at an exhibition in Moscow (see Kommersant from October 21). Certainly much interest will specialized auction of icons that suits MacDougall `s; as this remained the only auction house, offering a large collection of Russian art in the second half of XX century. Luxury porcelain palace vase offers Christie `s (this auction house, this time a very impressive collection of porcelain).

All will become more or less clear tonight - one after the Sotheby `s auction will Heritage Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, and after him - an evening auction of paintings.
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